By: Ella Fowler, Serena Barile, and Delaney David
January 24, 2020
Last Thursday and Friday, the wrestling team participated in two tri-meets; Thursday’s tri-meet was at Beachwood, and Friday’s meet was at Hawken.
This season has been very eventful as they have participated in many tournaments such as Cobos Insurance Classic, North Coast Classic, multiple tri-meets, duals, and invitationals. Although the lack of wrestlers on the team has set them back, they all have done well, and it helps to have the support of their captain, senior Eric Khay.
Five out of the eight wrestlers on the team participated in the tri-meet at Beachwood High School on January 23. The other teams were the Beachwood Bisons and the St. Ignatius Wildcats.
The Hurricane wrestlers for this event were Brandon Deighton, Joe Dennis, Eric Khay, Dylan Elliott, and Tyler Kebbel.
Freshman Brandon Deighton started out the meet with a 2-0 loss but is improving and is very hopeful for the rest of this season and beyond.
Freshman Joe Dennis took a forfeit due to the other team not having a 106 weight-class wrestler.
Eric Khay had an unbelievably-amazing 2-0 win in only the first period, ending with a pin.
Junior Dylan Elliott came out with a 2-0 loss.
In addition, freshman Tyler Kebbel lost, 7-4, but he stood out by showing his hard work later with a 6-2 win.
Joe Dennis later had a 2-0 loss, Eric Khay had a 2-2 pin loss, and Dylan Elliott ended with a 6-2 loss.
The losing match against Beachwood ended up with a team score of 45-12, and St. Ignatius beat the Hurricanes with a score of 54-6.
One day later, Joe Dennis, Dylan Elliott, Sofia Collins, Tyler Kebbel, and Eric Khay participated in another tri-meet at Hawken High School against the Hawken Hawks and the West Geauga Wolverines.
Eric Khay started off the tri-meet with a win of 11-6 and later a 4-1 win.
Unfortunately, the losses were Tyler Kebbel with a 2-2 pin, Joe Dennis 25-10, Dylan Elliott a 3-8 pin, Joe Dennis a 2-0 pin, Dylan Elliott a 7-1 pin, Sofia Collins a 14-0 pin, and Tyler Kebbel a 2-0 pin.
Thursday’s and Friday’s meets resulted in a very hopeful remainder of the season due to these wrestlers really showing their strengths on the mat. Even though the losses mounted up, improvement was made by every wrestler.
You can help support your wrestling team by cheering them on at the CVC championships at Cuyahoga Heights High School on Friday, January 31 (6:00) and Saturday, February 1 (TBA).
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